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by toejam
Fri Apr 11, 2014 12:09 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Blogs Abuzz for Jesus' Wife
Replies: 57
Views: 130980

Re: Blogs Abuzz for Jesus' Wife

I really don't see what all the fuss is about. AT BEST, all this fragment shows is that people in the 8thC were writing about Jesus having a wife. I could have guessed as much. For all we know, this is just 8thC entertainment ficiton - their equivalent of "The Da Vinci Code"! I don't see t...
by toejam
Mon Apr 07, 2014 10:40 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: A published book response to Ehrman's "How Jesus became God"
Replies: 18
Views: 13962

Re: A published book response to Ehrman's "How Jesus became

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UH5C8hWsXyo Here's a conversation between Ehrman and Gatherscole, one of the contributing authors to the response book. Gatherscole offers some plausible alternatives to Ehrman's hypotheses, but I thought Ehrman's case was stronger overall on most points. Gatherscole ...
by toejam
Sun Apr 06, 2014 2:22 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Ehrman's "How Jesus Became a God" is now out.
Replies: 169
Views: 114091

Re: Ehrman's "How Jesus Became a God" is now out.

Finished the audiobook of this recently. I enjoyed it. Having read most of Ehrman's work, some of it was a bit repetitive to me, but it was good to hear the issues that he had recently changed his mind about.

I think he mostly makes good cases for his points.